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Cumberland County is a county in the State of New South Wales, Australia.Most of the Sydney metropolitan area is located within the County of Cumberland.. The County of Cumberland stretches from Broken Bay to the north, the Hawkesbury River to the north-west, the Nepean River to the west, the Cataract River to the south-west and the northern suburbs of Wollongong to the south.
History 1897 cadastral map of the County of Wynyard, New South Wales, showing parishes and property boundaries.. Counties were used since the earliest British settlement in Australia, with the County of Cumberland proclaimed by Captain Phillip on 4 June 1788.
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Cumberland County is a county in the State of New South Wales, Australia. Most of the Sydney metropolitan area is located within the County of Cumberland.
Map of the County of Cumberland New South Wales / compiled, drawn and printed at the Department of Lands, Sydney, N.S.W. ; J.D. Walshe Creator New South Wales. Department of Lands Call Number MAP RM 2824 Created/Published Sydney, N.S.W. : Department of Lands, 10.4.1894 Extent 1 map : col. ; 92.9 x 60.3 cm. View Catalogue
The State of New South Wales is divided up into 141 counties, for the purposes of surveying and the registration of land titles. Few Australian counties have ever had any government or administrative function. However, the County of Cumberland did have a county government, the Cumberland County Council, from 1945 to 1964.
Sep 12, 2020 · English: A map of the County of Cumberland in the Colony of New South Wales 1840-1860
